Bathing fixture



NOV- 5, v1934. A. P. wooLFoLK 1,979,596

BATHING FIXTURE Filed J-une 4. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l 15kmTToRlv/SYS.

Nov. 6, 1934. A. P. wooLFoLK BATHING FIXTURE Filed June 4. 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTRNEi/s.

Patented Nov. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES BATHING FIXTURE Arthur I. Woolfolk, Pittsburgh, Pa., assigner to Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, a corporation of New Jersey Application June 4, 1932, serial No. 615,404

7 Claims.

This invention relates to iixtures for use in bathrooms and more particularly to a bathing fixture which provides a combined full length immersion tub and shower receptor, and is a continuation in part of my pending application Serial No. 608,671, iiled May 2, 1932.

The general plan yin installing bathrooms in apartment houses and small homes is to place the bathtub in a corner of the room or in a v recess formed in one ofthe walls so that at least two or three sides of the tub are enclosed. A shower head is Aprovided which `extends from one of the walls enclosing the tub and the tub itself forms the showervreceptor. The tubs now generally used as shower receptors vare relatively narrow in width and have alsloped bottom. The water from the shower is prevented from splashing over the iioor by a curtain suspended from a rod mounted above the exposed sides of the tub. Such an arrangement is unsatisfactory as a shower bath because the tub being so narrow does not givethe bather suiricient room to turn while standing in the tub and the sloped bottom of the tub forms a serious hazard to the bather since there is always present the possibility that the bather will slip on the wet enamel of the bottom and be seriously injured by falling against the edge of the tub.

Also, the relatively narrow tubs are objectionable as shower receptors because the jets of Water issuing from the shower head are sprayed over the sides of the tub and strike the shower curtain from which it drips onto the floor of the bathroom.

An object of this invention is to provide a bathing iixture arranged and constructed to `form an immersion tub and also a relatively wide shower receptor.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bathing fixture having a tub cavity provided with a relatively wide, flat bottomed central portion which forms a shower receptor.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bathing iixture having seats formed at the corners thereof adjacent the cavity to enable the bather to sit down while taking a showei bath.

These and other objects which will be made apparent to those skilledin this particular art are accomplished by means of this invention, one embodiment of `which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: f

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved bathing xture.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my improved xture.

Fig. 3 is a View in vertical section taken on line III- III of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a view in vertical section taken onv line IV-IV' of Figure 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a bathing fixture embodying a modification of my invention.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the fixture illustrate-d in Figure 5.

Fig. 7 is a view in Vertical section taken on line VII-VII of Figures 6 and '7; and

Fig. 8 is a view in vertical section taken on line WIL-VIII of Figure 6.

Referring, to the drawings in detail, my improved bathing fixture, designated in its entirety as 10, is shown as installed in a recess of a room softhat three sides thereof are enclosed by walls 1ly forming the recess, My improved fixture 10' which is substantially rectangular in shape and is of substantially the same length as the ordinary standard bathtub now in general use, has a cavity formed therein of the usual depth extending longitudinally of the xture which forms a combined immersion tub and shower receptor. So that the cavity will be of suiiicient width to receive Within its confines all the sprays of water issuing from a shower head 12, extending from one oi the walls 11, I form an offset in one of the walls of the cavity whereby a relatively wide portion is provided in the center thereof. The tub cavity in niy improved bathing fixture has a relatively ilat bottom 13 and a straight side wall 14 along one of the sides thereof, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, as being along the side of the fixture which is adapted to be open or exposed, which terminates at each end of the cavity in end walls 15 and 16.

In order to form the offset in the wall parallel' to the wall 14 to increase the width of the tub cavity and provide a substantially square central portion in the fixture suitable for use as a shower receptor, the end walls 15 and 16 which are of 'substantially the same length as the end, walls or" the ordinary bathtub terminate in walls 17 and 18, respectively, arranged diagonally to the longitudinal axis of the xture instead of in the ordinary side wall. These walls 17 and 18 in turn terminate in a wall 19 substantially parallel to the wall 14 and form an oiset wall providing a relatively wide substantially square, central portion in the cavity, having a substantially flat floor or bottom.

These side walls of the cavity terminate at the top in a ilat rim 20 which extends around the tcp of the iixture. The riin 20 adjacent the diagonal walls 17 and 18 is triangular in shape and forms seat portions 21 and 22 on the corners of the fixture alongthe side thereof adapted tol abut against the wall 11 and permit the 115 may be covered by an apron 23 depending from the rim 20 as shown in the drawings, or the apron wall may be left off if desired, and the front wall of the fixture tiled in as is customary in installing certain types of bathtubs.r

As a result of my improved construction and arrangement of the parts of the tub, I am able to make the bottom 13 of the tubconsiderably flatter than has been possible heretofore, and

to install the outlet designated as 2li in the cen--` ter of the cavity instead of at the end as has heretofore been the customary4 practice.

In Figs. 5, 6, '1, and 8 I have illustrated a modiiiedform of my invention in which the wall of the cavity facing into the room, that is, the exposed walls of the cavity is offset to'provide the relatively wide substantially square central portion in the tub cavity instead of the wall which is adapted to abut against the walls of the room as heretofore described. Inthis modication a fixture l0 adapted to be received in a corner formed by walls 1l", one ofr which has a shower head 12 extending therefrom, is provided with a tub cavity, the bottom 13 of which is sub-- stantially flat. i ,y

Formed integral with the bottom along the side of the cavity which is adaptedto be disposed next to the wall 11 is a straight side wall 14 which terminates at each end of the fixture in walls 15 and 16. The walls 15 and 16 are so formed that they do not fully extend across the ends of the iixture and they in turn terminate in diagonally extending walls' 17 and 18' which are connected together1 by a side wall 19.

' The walls 17', 18', and 19 form an offset wall on one side of the tub cavity of the fixture 10 V which materially increases the width of the cavity in the central portion of the xture l0' and provides a substantially square portion suitable for use as a shower receptor.

The walls bounding the tub cavity terminate at the top of the xture in a flat rim 20' which extends around the upper edge thereof. The portions of the rim 20 adjacent'the diagonally extending walls 17 and 18 are triangular in shape and form seats 2l and 22', respectively, at the corners of the fixture along the exposed side/thereof.

The offset wall of the xture may be covered by an apron 23 dependnig from the rim 20' or, as in the previously described modification, may be tiled in.

The water is drained from the tub cavity` open side of the tub, enables the bather to sit down rwhen entering the tube and eliminate to a great extent the danger of slipping and falling when getting into and out of the tub. It is also apparent that the drain outlet may be placed at one end of the tubv cavity or in the center thereof, as desired.

While I have disclosed one embodiment of my invention it is readily apparent thatl certain changes or modications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bathing xture comprising a body having a bottom, a relatively long side wall, a relatively short side wall, end walls extending at right angles to said relatively long wall and diagonal walls connecting said end walls with the relatively short side walls.

2. A bathing xture having a tub cavity therein, the side walls of which are parallel to each other but of differentl lengths and connected together at each end by two walls one oi which extends transversely of the fixture and the other diagonally of the longitudinal axis thereof thereby providing a relatively wide middle portion in said cavity, and seats at the corners of said fixture adjacent said diagonal walls.

3. Abathing iixture comprising a :rectangular body having a bottom, parallel side walls extending upwardly from the bottom, one of said side walls beinglonger than the other, diagonally extending walls at each end of the shorter side wall and transversely extending end walls connecting the ends of'said diagonal walls with the ends of the longer ofv said side walls whereby a middle rportion substantially wider than the end portions and suitable for use as a shower receptor is provided in said fixture.

4. A bathing fixture having a tub cavity therein, each end of which is defined by two walls, one Wall being transverse to the longitudinal axis of said xture and the other extending di agonally of the longitudinal axis of the fixture to provide a relatively wide middle portion in said cavity, and seats on the corners of said fixture adjacent the top of the diagonal walls thereof.

5. A bathing iixture comprising a body having a bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from one side of the bottom, end walls connected to the ends of said side walls, walls extending diagonally from the end walls, and a wall parallel to but of shorter length than said first-mentioned side wall connecting the ends of said diagonally extending walls.

6. A bathing fixture of the character described having a relatively at bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from one side of said bottom, a transversely extending end wall at each end of said bottom and joined to said side wall, a wall connected to each of said end walls and extending diagonally to the longitudinal axis of said xture, a wall parallel to said sido wall connecting said diagonal walls, said bottom and walls forming a tub cavity having a relatively wide middle portion and seats formed on said fixture at the top of the diagonal walls.

7. `'An improved bathing fixture comprising a rectangular body having a longitudinally extending tub cavity therein, the middle portion of which is substantially wider than the extreme end portions and the width of the cavity gradu-` loi 

